Carlos Bocanegra

Carlos Bocanegra
Carlos Bocanegra 2010
Personnel
Surname	Carlos Manuel Bocanegra
birthday	May 25, 1979
place of birth	Upland , California ,  USA
size	183 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
1996-1999	UCLA Bruins
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2000-2004	Chicago Fire	87 0(5)
2000	→ MLS Pro 40 (loan)	2 0(0)
2004-2008	Fulham FC	116 0(8)
2008-2010	Rennes stadium	64 0(2)
2010-2011	AS Saint-Etienne	35 0(2)
2011-2013	Glasgow Rangers	32 0(2)
2012-2013	→  Racing Santander  (loan)	23 0(0)
2013-2014	CD Chivas USA	30 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2001–2012	United States	110 (14)
1 Only league games are given.

Carlos Bocanegra (born May 25, 1979 in Upland , California , USA ) is a retired Mexican - American football player .

Bocanegra was a national player of the United States and at times their captain.

Athletic career

Carlos Bocanegra as captain of the US national team (2010)

The 1.83-meter-tall central and left defender Bocanegra went through the US national junior teams at a young age and played in the U18 and U20 national teams. With the U20 team, he played a game against England at the Junior World Cup in Nigeria in 1999 , which the team won 1-0 and thus advanced to the next round. In the same year he was part of the U23 national team, which won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games . Bocanegra scored his first goal for the United States in the game against Canada .

After playing at UCLA College, California , he joined the Project-40 program in 2000, a Nike- sponsored joint venture between Major League Soccer (MLS) and the US Football Association United States Soccer Federation (USSF), which wanted to help young soccer talents develop. He moved in the same year via the MLS draft system as the fourth player to Chicago Fire . There he developed into a consistently good player in his first year as a professional and in the end was named “ Rookie of the Year ” as the best newcomer . He also won the US Open Cup with his team .

Bocanegra was appointed to the US national team by Bruce Arena in January 2001, but was not used for the first time against South Korea until December 9 . His second season in Chicago was negatively affected by an ankle injury.

In the next two years he developed into one of the best players in the country and was voted the best defender of the season in both 2002 and 2003. In the national team, too, Bocanegra became more and more a regular player and attracted attention with his five appearances at the 2002 Gold Cup . In the same year he trained for two weeks at the Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam , but then moved to the English club Fulham in January 2004.

There he quickly found himself in the team and came straight away to a total of 43 league appearances for the remainder of the current 2003/04 season and in the subsequent 2004/05 season. During the qualification for the World Cup in Germany, Bocanegra was one of the most important players and acted there on both the inside and the left full-back position.

For the 2008/09 season, the American moved to the French first division club Stade Rennes. There he was in his first season in all 38 league games on the field.

In July 2010 he signed a 2-year contract with league rivals AS Saint-Étienne , but moved after one season to the Scottish record champions Glasgow Rangers where they signed until 2014.

On November 15, 2011, he made his 100th international match in a 3-2 win against Slovenia .

On August 17, 2011, Bocanegra moved to Rangers FC in the Scottish Premier League . After the Rangers had to relegate to the fourth division of Scotland in 2012, he was loaned to Racing Santander for a year .

On June 29, 2013, he moved to the USA for the CD Chivas USA franchise . It was here that he ended his career at the end of 2014.

Others

• In addition to US citizenship, Bocanegra also has Mexican citizenship.
• He was nicknamed "Los" by his teammates in Chicago.

successes

United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup (2): 2002 , 2007

Chicago Fire

• US Open Cup (2): 2000, 2003

As a player

• MLS Rookie of the Year: 2000
• MLS Defender of the Year: 2002, 2003

Web links

• Bocanegra information at www.ussoccerplayers.com
• Bocanegra information at www.4thegame.com
• statistics

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MNT defender Carlos Bocanegra ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Bocanegra Signs  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. rangers.co.uk  
3. ↑ ussoccer.com: Post-Match Quotes: USA vs. Slovenia ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.